I haven’t read or thought about this poem in decades, but it’s clearly lodged in my mind from hearing it read to me as a very young child. Incredible how well I remembered it on an instinctive level.
Another stunning analysis that revives, in my estimation, a poem and a poet. As I've commented before, reading Poems Ancient and Modern on neglected poets constantly reminds me of something D.S. Carne-Ross wrote: "To retrieve good writers from disparagement and neglect is the piety of humanism."
Wonderful, many thanks.
I haven’t read or thought about this poem in decades, but it’s clearly lodged in my mind from hearing it read to me as a very young child. Incredible how well I remembered it on an instinctive level.
I remember loving this poem as a child! Thanks for the memory.
Another stunning analysis that revives, in my estimation, a poem and a poet. As I've commented before, reading Poems Ancient and Modern on neglected poets constantly reminds me of something D.S. Carne-Ross wrote: "To retrieve good writers from disparagement and neglect is the piety of humanism."